Ashley Chiasson

APRIL 24, 2017

100+ Free Stock Photos for Use in E-learning. Instructional Designers and E-Learning Developers are always looking for high-quality stock photos they can use use within their e-learning development. All of these photos have been carefully sought out by yours truly, and used within many personal projects.

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eLearningArt

MAY 20, 2019

I think watching the whole interview is great … but, if you’re short on time, scan the topics below and jump to the section that interests you most: How I got started in eLearning – I’m an accidental instructional designer, too. ( What’s wrong with most stock photo sites and how eLearningArt overcomes that ( 3:55 ).

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eLearningMind

DECEMBER 14, 2022

CLT explains how you can improve instructional design with images: using them correctly means a higher capacity for learning. . Before you start filling your course with images, however, you should know that not all images are created equally. Here’s a primer on what, where, and how to use images to improve instructional design.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2015

The good news is that there are more than enough free stock images available, such as these three earlier posts where I shared 80 free stock photos , 45 free stock photos , and 60 more free stock photos. Here are some tips to help customize free stock photos to work with your courses.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2017

In the past, I’ve created conversation-driven eLearning with video, animation, and photos. After the initial video, we used cutout still photos of the same actors. This requires a custom photo shoot, but it’s much cheaper than using video for the entire course. Photos or Illustrations.

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Matthew Guyan

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The role of Instructional Designer (ID) is evolving into a Learning Experience Designer (LXD). Ceren Korkmaz 1 offers a distinction between the two terms that resonates with me: “instructional design emphasizes the source of knowledge – in other words the planning of the teaching activities. Image source: Death to Stock photos.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

What are the latest trends and best practices in regards to gender roles in instructional design materials?” As instructional designers, I think we have a social responsibility to support diversity in the learning experiences we create. This can be a challenge with stock photos. What about gender?

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Going to a stock image site and looking for just the right pictures can be very time-consuming and a drain on your limited resources. Why not create your own stock images? If rapid elearning software makes everyone an instructional designer, then surely a digital camera makes us all photographers. Create visual interest.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 8, 2017

eLearning Brothers announced today that it has acquired privately-held SolidStockArt.com , a premier stock photography company that focuses on high-quality images. Solid Stock Art adds over 2 Million assets to the eLearning Brothers library. Last week, we purchased Solid Stock Art to continue the growth of our library.”

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Mike Taylor

JULY 10, 2020

Cath Ellis and Kim Tuohy have created a totally brilliant learning design competition that is currently running as part of the lead up to The Learning Conference 2020. The Truth About Instructional Design ” with Nyla Spooner on the If You Build It Will They Learn podcast. Don’t Miss: The Show (A Learning Design Competition).

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LearnDash

JULY 6, 2021

We’ve talked a lot on this blog about the importance of good instructional design , which often focuses on how educators create course content. However, a key aspect of good instructional design is how that material is presented, visually. The ease with which a learner understand information is called “processing fluency.”

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 21, 2020

Many of you are currently creating new health and safety training focused on the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Free Coronavirus Stock Photos. These stock photos are provided courtesy of Icons8. These stock photos are provided courtesy of Icons8. Coronavirus stock photos. Iconfinder.

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Making Change

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

If you let their assumptions drive what you do, you’ll waste time creating more training than is useful or effective. In elearning we’re tempted to make up for the lack of human contact with an avalanche of irrelevant stock photos, narration, and flying bullet points. Focus on challenge, not bling. What do you think?

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 14, 2016

This is one place where it’s critical to have photos showing more than the standard stock photo happy expressions. For each response in the branching scenario, I determined the motivation level on a five-point scale and matched the corresponding photo to the response. Sometimes you need additional feedback though.

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eLearningMind

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Here are ten best practices for instructional design to motivate the unmotivated and engage the disengaged. #1 For example, if you were creating safety training for, say, crane operators, you could create real-life scenarios of the consequences of following or not following basic crane safety guidelines. 8 Tell a story.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

AUGUST 29, 2022

Did you know that if you search for “superhero” photos (whether on Google or stock photos sites), most of the images you’ll find are of white men? To create a superhero-themed presentation that was truly inclusive, I realized I needed some custom graphics. See the resources at the end of the post.)

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, October 30, 2009 Finding Good Photos for Your eLearning Scenarios Do you struggle with finding good stock photos to use in your eLearning scenarios? So then do you go do a custom photo shoot? But usually not.

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Spark Your Interest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Articulate Storyline is one of the most popular authoring tools used worldwide to create online learning. To create an online course, you need to develop and publish the content and host the course on a technology platform. Most LMS’s also offer tools for you to create your online course content as well. Articulate Website.

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Petra Mayer

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels. Have you ever watched video after video of instructions on how to use a software? Clear instructions help the learner to follow the process they just observed in a comparable way by using standard input data. And not only for the implementation team.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 7, 2020

What if you could create compliance training that learners actually wanted to complete, that they cared about? Imagine creating courses that did more than check a box, that actually increased the odds that employees would follow the policy. A mocked up headline from a food safety elearning course. Why it works.

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Making Change

JANUARY 10, 2017

A stakeholder might insist you create lots of graphics, also known as “eye candy.” I created two activities to help instructional designers practice the initial conversation with their client. ” What happened when I spent hours creating graphics for one of the activities? So what should you prioritize?

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The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

DECEMBER 10, 2019

For trainers who deliver instructional or on-boarding videos, excellent lighting is key to a successful video. The rapid graphic design program Canva allows experts, teams, and individual users to create professional graphics such as book covers, social media posts, documents, presentations, logos, and more instantly (and for free).

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 4, 2022

Why create diverse characters for learning scenarios? I wouldn’t try to create a 50/50 split if I was designing a course for firefighters. I create a fair number of courses with two narrators like my coaching and mentoring course. I create a fair number of courses with two narrators like my coaching and mentoring course.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

JUNE 27, 2022

Adding accessibility instructions into the Storyline description field in the Publish panel is helpful for users with disabilities. Likewise, we should include a button on the screen at all times to display accessibility instructions. The built-in Likert scale in Storyline is not accessible. Sources for Diverse Images.

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 31, 2017

Get rid of the stock images. We are all guilty of over-use of stock images, and as a web visitor – do they really grab your attention? Create Playful Illustrations. Take photos of your staff working, conference sessions, and any other live events when you have the opportunity. Simplify your Message.

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Making Change

JULY 14, 2014

What does this have to do with instructional design? All photos in this post (c) iStock. Frustrated with stock photos? Please complete this 7-question survey to tell me everything that’s wrong with the currently available photos of people. Let us know in the comments. Here’s your chance to vent!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 19, 2010

Removing Stock Image Backgrounds If you have Microsoft Office 2010, you can use the new Background Removal feature found in PowerPoint, Word and Outlook to remove backgrounds easily. Click here for more detailed instructions from The PowerPoint Team Blog. Do you have any tips for sprucing up less-than-stellar stock photos or clipart?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 10, 2016

What if you could create compliance training that learners actually wanted to complete? What if you could create courses that did more than check a box, that actually increased the odds that employees would follow the policy? With ethics training, that worst case scenario might be a scandal that causes a company’s stock to drop.

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Nvolve

MAY 3, 2023

Here’s a detailed example of how Dall-E 2 can be employed in L&D: Scenario: Designing an E-Learning Module for Machine Safety L&D professionals within a manufacturing company need to create an e-learning module focusing on machine safety.

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Trivantis

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Here at Your Everything for e-Learning Place, we pride ourselves on offering you all the resources you need to create the best e-Learning. We provide video demos , webinars , suggestions on instructional design books to read, graphic design tips and more. . Cheesy Stock Photos. Camera shy but need stock photo resources?

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eLearningMind

MARCH 3, 2022

Photo by UNIBOA on Unsplash. If they wore a pair of smart glasses, they could simply indicate the name of the person they were looking for (by voice or gestures) and follow the glasses’ instructions. Those instructions could combine audio played by the glasses and images displayed on the lenses. Engineering Training.

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Axonify

MARCH 24, 2017

It may not sound as exciting as creating videos or interactive simulations, but great question design can be an essential tool for growing knowledge on critical workplace topics. I often share this tongue-in-cheek quiz with instructional design teams to help make my point about poorly-written questions. Startup Stock Photos.

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eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Rounded corners and sunny stock photos add style to the templates. With over 30 different templates in this style, you can create an entire course—or more!—with Watch this knowledge check in action: Everything you need to create an engaging, interactive eLearning course is here. Title slide example. Quiz question slide.

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Trivantis

JUNE 23, 2014

Take a look at the top ten articles below, covering everything from mobile design to taking your own stock photos. Learn about how to use the Kirkpatrick Model to evaluate your online training and create more effective e-Learning. 6 Tips for Creating Smile-Worthy, User-Friendly e-Learning. Be a Stock Photography Model!

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 27, 2018

One of the challenges of working as a freelance instructional designer is the high expectation put upon you by your clients to deliver amazing looking eLearning for as little money as possible. You can select music clips that you can combine to create music that truly fits. I have used several compositions that I created on my iPad.

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ATD Learning Technologies

APRIL 18, 2017

You really can create e-learning content on a budget—if you’re willing to be a little creative. Don’t cut corners on getting the content right and having effective instructional design. Shoot Your Own Photos. Taking your own photos or video is pretty easy to do these days. But where can you save?

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The Learning Dispatch

MARCH 20, 2017

You leverage approaches and techniques so that those who may have a disability related to hearing, vision, mobility, or cognition (among others) have equal access and opportunity to experience the content and instruction of your course. (As They included instructions so that test takers would be informed of how the question would function.

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